'''Basic Paper Airplane''' is a zine by Joshua James Amberson. Started in July, 2005 in Olympia, Wa. it is now released out of Portland, Or. As of July, 2013, six issues have come out.

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'''Basic Paper Airplane''' is a zine by Joshua James Amberson. Started in July, 2005 in Olympia, Wa. it is now released out of Portland, Or. As of August, 2013, six issues have come out.

While perhaps categorically a [[perzine]], issues are commonly a wide array of essays, interviews, research pieces, quotes, and vignettes. Common themes are family, odd Americana, print media, history, and childhood.

While perhaps categorically a [[perzine]], issues are commonly a wide array of essays, interviews, research pieces, quotes, and vignettes. Common themes are family, odd Americana, print media, history, and childhood.

Revision as of 13:40, 15 September 2013

Basic Paper Airplane is a zine by Joshua James Amberson. Started in July, 2005 in Olympia, Wa. it is now released out of Portland, Or. As of August, 2013, six issues have come out.

While perhaps categorically a perzine, issues are commonly a wide array of essays, interviews, research pieces, quotes, and vignettes. Common themes are family, odd Americana, print media, history, and childhood.

In a review of issue #3, the blog We Love You So said, "His zines have covered everything from genealogy to film to simplicity to cops to the media to the ghosts of Snohomish County to Kindles to the Postal System (deep breath)…and beyond. It’s amazing. It’s inspiring."